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Seaweed Fly - Fucellia
Copyright © 2005 Stephen Luk

Seaweed Fly - Fucellia
Perce, Quebec, Canada
August 23, 2005
Size: length 6 mm
Despite cool and windy conditions, massive swarms of these small, wary flies descended upon rotting seaweed like a dark, living cloak.
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 22 December, 2006 - 11:16am
Last updated 8 April, 2008 - 11:26am

Moved
Moved from Kelp Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 8 April, 2008 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Fucellia
My suggestion would be Fucellia, which live in the same habitat as Coelopa. Note the convex dorsal surface of the thorax (flattened in Coelopa).
… Matthias Buck, 8 April, 2008 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
I see.
Thanks for the correction; I'm not very good with the flies...
… Stephen Luk, 8 April, 2008 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

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